Spark-arrester



' (No Model.)

Patented Nov. 2'7, A1883.

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LOUIS G. SMOCK AND CHARLES H; DILL, OF DANVILLE, INDIANA,

'sPA'RK-ARRESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters` Patent No. 289,158, dated November 27, 1883,

Application filed May 10, 18H3. (No model.)

To ail whom' it' 77mg concern:

Be it known that We, LOUIS G. SMOCK and @Hannes H. DILL, citizens of the United States, residing at Danville, in the county of Hendricks and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spark-Arresters; and We do hereby declare the foliowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This'invention relates to lcertain'nerv and useful improvements in spark-arresters for locomotive and other engines, and has for its object the protection of combustible material from the ravages of iire produced by sparks escaping from smoke -staeks and dues, and also to protect travelers in passenger-cars from dust and cinders flying from the smoke-staoks when the doors and windows of the cars are opened 5 and to this end the invention consists in novel `features of construction and combination of parts, all as will be hereinafter fully annexed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure l represents a side elevation, partly in section, of our improved spark-arrester; Fig.

receiving reservoirs'. .Y

In the drawings, A represents the smokestack of a locomotive or other engine, having at its upper end an enlarged portion, a, vwhich,

over said enlarged portion a, forms a settlingchamber for arresting the sparks; cinders, dust, 85o. The cap B is covered with ne wire-gauze to permit of the passage through it of the smoke from the stack A, and a central tube, l), to which are connected the upper ends of the conductors C C, which extend down- Ward on opposite sides of the smoke-stack, and are provided with screens c c, to allow any smoke passing down said conductors to escape, while the sparks, cinders, Sie., fall into the reservoirs D D, having openings through their bottoms closed by slides d d, through which the dead sparks, cinders, ne., may be drawn oft' when deemed expedient.

Our improved spark-arrester, While being simple in construction7 is eiiicient in operation, and can be easily and readily applied to the ordinary smoke-stacks of locomotive and other engines.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a spark-a1rester,the combination, with the smoke-stack A and cap B, covered With line Wire-gauze, ofthe conductor C, provided near its bottom with a screen, c, and a reservoir, D, below said screen, into which sparks, cinders, Src., are deposited, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

2. In a spark-arrester, the co1nbination,\vith the smoke-stack A and cap B, covered with ranged on opposite sides of said smoke-stack, and provided at their bottoms With screens c c, and reservoirs D D, for the reception of the sparks, cinders, &c., substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

Intestilnony whereof We aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS G. SMOCK. CHARLES H. DILL.

TWitnesses:

Jon. HUDSON, THAD S. ADAMS,

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